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An Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC), or "rocks box". This is
ALSRC-12 (serial number 1012), which flew
on Apollo 15 (page 7 of that report [p. 13 in the PDF] contains a
post-flight photo of the ALSRC).

Lunar surface samples, most of them in sample
bags, were placed in a sample return container such as this. The ALSRC
sealed and maintained a vaccuum to prevent contamination of the samples.